Report Summary

  • 51

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    69% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 69% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

registrar.ucsc.edu

Office of the Registrar - UCSC

Page Load Speed

5.6 sec in total

First Response

580 ms

Resources Loaded

4.8 sec

Page Rendered

192 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Registrar.ucsc.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 580 ms and then it took 5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

registrar.ucsc.edu performance score

51

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

41/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.9 s

14/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.2 s

78/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value190 ms

91/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.445

21/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value6.9 s

54/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

registrar.ucsc.edu

580 ms

ucsc.css

549 ms

modernizr.js

628 ms

jquery.js

913 ms

imagecache.js

840 ms

Our browser made a total of 24 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 25% of them (6 requests) were addressed to the original Registrar.ucsc.edu, 63% (15 requests) were made to Static.ucsc.edu and 8% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Registrar.ucsc.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 626.1 kB (40%)

Content Size

1.6 MB

After Optimization

948.5 kB

In fact, the total size of Registrar.ucsc.edu main page is 1.6 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 12.9 kB

  • Original 17.3 kB
  • After minification 16.0 kB
  • After compression 4.4 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 12.9 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 209.3 kB

  • Original 1.0 MB
  • After minification 836.1 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, Registrar UCSC needs image optimization as it can save up to 209.3 kB or 20% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 313.1 kB

  • Original 394.6 kB
  • After minification 245.5 kB
  • After compression 81.6 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 313.1 kB or 79% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 90.9 kB

  • Original 117.4 kB
  • After minification 114.9 kB
  • After compression 26.5 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Registrar.ucsc.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 90.9 kB or 77% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 13 (57%)

Requests Now

23

After Optimization

10

The browser has sent 23 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Registrar UCSC. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

registrar.ucsc.edu accessibility score

88

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

registrar.ucsc.edu best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

registrar.ucsc.edu SEO score

83

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Registrar.ucsc.edu can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Registrar.ucsc.edu main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Registrar UCSC. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: